Nextcloud Hub is an excellent toolbox for IT teams. Canvos is a turnkey workplace for businesses that want to work — not manage infrastructure.
Nextcloud Hub delivers excellent building materials — files, calendar, mail, talk. But you have to install, configure, integrate, update and monitor them yourself. Canvos delivers a fully furnished office where you simply walk in and start working.
Nextcloud is an ingredient of Canvos — not a competitor. We build on their core and add everything a modern business needs.
| Feature | Canvos | Nextcloud Hub |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Turnkey — working within 1 business day | Self-install, configure, maintain |
| Management needed? | No — fully managed platform | Yes — own sysadmin or hosting partner required |
| Files & sync | Included (Nextcloud backend) | Core functionality |
| Calendar & contacts | Included (Nextcloud backend) | Core functionality |
| Full mail server (Mailcow) + own UI with AI | Simple mail app (IMAP client, no own server) | |
| Chat | Matrix (open standard, federation possible) | Nextcloud Talk (own protocol, no federation) |
| Video conferencing | Jitsi Meet — scalable, external guests via link | Talk — limited to ~20 participants without TURN/HPB |
| Office suite | ONLYOFFICE (included & configured) | ONLYOFFICE or Collabora (self-install) |
| AI assistant | Own copilot with tool-calling, contacts lookup, calendar planning | Nextcloud Assistant — basic text/image generation |
| Private browser | Isolated Chromium per user, adblock, GDPR-proof | Not available |
| Password vault | Built-in with TOTP security | Passwords app (separate installation) |
| Multi-tenant / organisations | Built-in — multiple organisations on one platform | Not available (1 instance = 1 organisation) |
| Governance & DLP | Data classification, sharing policies, retention, audit trail | Limited — File Access Control app |
| Monitoring & SRE | Self-healing platform with AI diagnostics | Not available — set up own monitoring |
| Onboarding | Welcome tour, quick actions, smart chips | No guided onboarding |
| Dark mode | Full — all modules | Partial (varies per app) |
| Updates & security patches | Automatic — zero-downtime deploys | Manual — risk of breaking changes |
| Open source | 100% open-source stack | Community Edition free, Enterprise paid |
Canvos builds on Nextcloud's strong core and adds everything a modern business needs daily.
Each user gets their own Chromium browser in the cloud. Browsing history stays private, adblock built-in, no tracking. Ideal for secure banking or supplier portals.
Not a simple chatbot but an assistant that knows your calendar, looks up contacts, sends emails and creates tasks. Local AI — your data never leaves the EU.
Nextcloud has a mail client. Canvos has a complete mail server with own domains, shared mailboxes, SPF/DKIM/DMARC and AI analysis of incoming emails.
Multiple organisations on one platform, each with their own users, domains, policies and data isolation. Nextcloud doesn't support this without separate instances.
Securely store and share passwords within your team. TOTP-protected, organisation-wide, integrated with the browser extension.
Data classification (4 levels), DLP rules, retention policies, sharing restrictions and compliance reporting. Included in every plan — no enterprise licence needed.
AI-based monitoring detects problems, classifies them and recovers automatically. You are only disturbed when human action is needed.
Open standards instead of proprietary protocols. Federation possible with other Matrix servers. Jitsi scales to hundreds of participants.
Canvos is built on the shoulders of Nextcloud — an exceptional open-source project from Germany. We use their Files, Calendar and Contacts as our core and contribute to the ecosystem. The difference? We add the missing puzzle pieces and deliver the whole as a managed, integrated workplace.
No sales pitches — just a live demo of the complete platform. You're in the driver's seat.